MaYaN have recently announced on their Facebook page two new members. Joining their ranks are Roel Käller taking over bass duties from Rob Van Der Loo, who will continue to play with Epica and a new project. MaYaN also welcome the addition of vocalist George Oosthoek who is known for his work with Orphanage and guest appearances with Delain.

Mayan's second album Antagonise has been released just few days ago, and the band is now streaming the official lyric video for the track "Human Sacrifice", off the new release. You can listen to the previously released track "Faceless Spies" at this location and "Human Sacrifice" below.

Do you want to hear a new Mayan song? The band which features Epica's Mark Jansen has just premiered the first advance track of their second album to date, the upcoming Antagonise. The song is called "Faceless Spies" and it is available for your listening pleasure through the lyric video below.

Mayan have recently released the second studio trailer for their upcoming album Antagonise. Those of you itching to hear what the progressive melodic death metal band has in store for us can check out both trailers below which, luckily, contain snippets of music from the album.

The new album of Dutch melodic death metal formation Mayan is called Antagonise, featuring 11 tracks and will be released on January 31st, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The album was recorded at Sandlane Recording Facilities, along with producer Joost van den Broek (ReVamp, Stream Of Passion). Now the band has revealed the cover artwork of Antagonise, created by Stefan Heilemann, who was already responsible for the artwork of the debut album Quarterpast. The tracklist and cover artwork are available to be seen below.

Dutch band Mayan has recently entered the studio to record the successor to their debut Quarterpast (2011), which is yet untitled, along with producer Joost van der Broek (ReVamp, Stream Of Passion). The concept for the record concerns the current state of the world which is going totally insane. Is it now? For example, "the explosive situation in Syria, governments who constantly accuse each other of lying, spying and using tricks to revoke their own population". The album will feature 10 or 11 tracks and is set for release in January 2014 via Nuclear Blast. As a special guest, Floor Jansen, vocalist of both ReVamp and Nightwish, will contribute with her voice.

As previously reported, Iranian progressive band Kahtmayan ran an audition on the 19th of July to choose their new members. A few hours ago Saeed Piltan introduced the new members on his Facebook profile. Saeed Moghaddami on guitar and Mostafa Salehi on bass will be the new members.

Iranian progressive metallers Kahtmayan just announced that Ali Azhari and Bijan Majdzadeh are no longer in the band, so they are going to run an audition on the 19th of July to choose their new members among those who will attend the audition and perform with the band.

Progressive metallers Kahtmayan have recently posted online a new song titled "Amen" from their new album Risen From The Ashes which they're still working on. You can stream the new song here or you can also listen to it through the Soundcloud player below.

Risen From The Ashes, the new Kahtmayan album is coming. In the meantime, you can listen to the new song "Dark Old Skies" here or on the player below. It is the first song ever featuring Homayoon Majdzadeh on vocals. Kahtmayan's previous albums were instrumental works, but it seems like the new effort won't be totally instrumental. More information on the new album, which includes 9 songs, should be released soon.

Back in September, we introduced you to MaYaN the new project led by Epica vocalist/guitarist Mark Jansen.

The line-up is completed with guitarist/vocalist Frank Schiphorst and ex-After Forever keyboardist Jack Driessen, together with fellow Epica band mates Isaac Delahaye (guitar) and Ariën van Weesenbeek (drums). Due to his "very busy schedule," Obscura/Pestilence bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling recently left the band and got replaced by Delain bassist Rob van der Loo.

The band's debut album Quartertpast is scheduled for a May 20th release through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded and mixed by Sascha Paeth (Epica, Kamelot). You can download an album teaser at this location (mp3).